Four New Schools To Open This Fall - the Trib wrote

Thornhill was amongst a bunch of other schools scheduled to open in the Fall of 1958. (Double click to read the article)

Construction began in 1957

The construction began with a deadline for September 1st, 1958.

430 students from K - 6th

Another article in the Montclarion had the school slated for 12 classrooms and 430 students. The school originally went from Kindergarten to 6th grade.

Even a member from the Dad's club was on hand

As work commenced on the planned site for the Thornhill school, the photo above shows a very close knit community - a member of the Dad's Club was there to observe too!

Bids for Construction posted

Bids for construction were posted in the Tribune. All the bids exceeded the allocated funds.

Oakland Tribune article from July 4th, 1956

The new school plans were big news in the community. All the local news networks picked up the story including the Tribune. (Double click on the article to read the details).

Montclarion July 4th, 1956

This except was taken from the cover of the Montclarion in 1956.

Architect drawing of the future school

This was the beginning of Thornhill Elementary School in 1956.
The artist impression above was released to the public after the architects were named - Robert Goetz, Frederick L R Confer, Raymond G Willis, Associate Architects.